WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -While Mahavira had rejected the claims of the caste system that privileged Brahman authority on the basis of innate purity, a formalized caste system nonetheless gradually appeared among the Digambara laity in the south.

Detailed explanation-2: -The anti-caste Dalit movement began with Jyotirao Phule in the mid-19th century, who worked to abolish the idea of “untouchability”. Figures such as B.R. Ambedkar and Gandhi also became prominent through advocacy for the abolishment of the caste system.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jainism does not condemn the varna system while Buddhism does. Jainism believed in transmigration of soul i.e. reincarnation while Buddhism does not. Buddha prescribed the middle path while Jainism advocates his followers to even completely discard the clothes i.e. life of austerity.